Ironing-board table



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Patented Nov. 12, 1929 UNITED STATES EDWARD B. HANCE, F CAMDEN, NEWJERSEY IRONING-BOARD' TABLE Application filed May 7, 1927. Serial No.189,498.k

The object of my invention is to provide an improved structure that isadapted for use alternately, either as van ordinary table or as anironing board table, and which is readily convertible to ada-pt it toone use or the other.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which F ig. l is a plan View of the structure with theironing board positioned for use.

Fig.f2 is a front view of same.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4l is a longitudinal sectional view of the structure when convertedto an ordinary table.

Fig. 5 is an end view of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view, looking in the same direction as Fig.5.

Fig. 7 is a view, similar to Fig. 6, with the table top removed and theironing board raised.

a, b, c, and l are the four corner posts of the supporting frame. Postsa and o are provided with inwardly extending pins e, e.

A cross bar f is provided with slots g, each havingone long upright armand one short upright arm. The slotted bar may be positioned as shown inFig. 6, wherein the pins e engage the upper ends ot the long verticalarm of the slots g, or may be positioned as shown in Figs. 3 and 7,wherein the pins e engage the upper ends of the short vertical arms ofthe slots g. Posts Z) and l are proy vided with similar pins e and asimilar slotted cross bar f is similarly suspended between the posts.

The cross bars f constitute supports for a jointed ironing board 7L, f/,which, when not in in Fig. 6 and which, preparatory to use, is raised tothe position shown in Fig. 7. f

Section h of the ironing board is provided with depending end ears lo,which are slidable on guides fm, on the cross bars f. A stop n limitsthe inward movement of ears r: and

the ironing board. The board occupies this inward position when loweredand not in use, as in. F ig. 6, and when raised, as shownin Fig. 7,preparatory to being positioned for use, may be lowered into theposition showny use, or, after use, preparatoryr to being lowered. Theironing board is slid forward into the position shown in Fig. 3 toposition it for use, after which hinged section z' of the ironing boardis swung out into the position shown in Figs. l and 2. A strut y',hinged to section 'L' is then suspended from hook y and is'braeedagainst the drawer frame fr of the supporting tramo, thus firmlysupporting the y Iuti slots s that engaged fixed pins r on posts a and7). Thereby the table top may be moved from a pendant position alongsidethe supporting frame, asshown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 7, to a horizontalposition over the supporting frame, as shown in Figs. 4; and 5. Inthelatter position the table top may be retained in place by means ofremovable pins t extending through slots s into the posts c and d. t,Assumethat, as shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6, the ironing yboard has beenfolded, moved in and lowered,'and that the table top is in position overthe supporting frame. In this positionof the parts, the struct-ureisadapted for the ordinary uses for which a table is intended If it bedesired to use the ironing board,pins t are removed and the table isslid laterally and swung down into the position shown in Figs. l, 2, 3and 7, in which position the table top hangs suspended by reason of theengagement of pins r in the ends of slots s. The ironing board is thenmoved from the position shown in Fig. 6 to that shown in Fig. 7 ,thismovement being edected by an upward movement of cross bars f to bringpins e into alignment withv the horizontal parts of slots g, followedyby a longitudinal movement of the cross bars f (laterally with relationto the supporting frame) 'to bring pins e into alignment with the shortvertical partsof slots g, the cross bars f being then allowed to dropslightly to cause the pins g to rest in the upper ends of the shortvertical arms of the slots g, as shown in Fig. 6. The ironing board isthen moved laterally, on the 5 guides m into the position shown in Fig.3. The section z' of the ironing board, which is hinged to one end ofsection h, is then swung through an are of i800 into the position shownin Figs. l and 2 and the strut j is then moved into supporting position.

The structure is now adapted for use in ironing. It will be observed, byreference particularly to Fig. 3, that a spaceis afforded, back of therear longitudinal edge of the ironing board section h, for fabric beingironed to descend. The depending reach of fabric, however lengthy, willnot drop onto the floor, but will be arrested and rest on the drawerframe gg lVhen ironing is discontinued, strut y' is unhooked, section z'is swung up and down over section It, the ironing board h, z' is movedin from the position shown in Fig. 3 to that shown in Fig. 7, theironing board is lowered into the position shown in Fig. 6 and the tabletop o, p is swung up into the operative position shown in Figs. Ll, 5and 6; the structure being thus again converted into a table.

Having now fully described my invention,

30 what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is y 1. Incombination, a supporting trame, an ironing board, supporting membersfor the ironing board, said supporting members having slots therein,each slot having a horizontal portion and vertical portions extendingupwardly from the horizontal portion t0 different levels, and pinscarried by the supporting frame and engaging within said 40 slots,whereby the ironing board may be supported at di'erent levels byselective engagement of the pins with the upper ends of the severalvertical portions of the slots.

- 2. In combination, a supporting frame, an

5 ironing board, supporting members for the ironing board on which theboard is slidable forwardly and rearwardly, said supporting membershaving slots therein, each slot having a horizontal portion and verticalportions extending upwardly from the horizontal portion to differentlevels, and pins oarried by the supporting frame and engaging withinsaid slots, the shorter of the vert-ically extending portions 0f theslots being y5,5 to the rear of the longer whereby the ironing board maybe supported at different levels by selective engagement of the'pinswith the upper ends of the several vertical portions of the slots andmoved to a forward position when at the higher level.

In testimony of which invention, I Ahave hereuntoset my hand, atPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, on this 5th day of May., '1927.

i EDWARD B. naiven

